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application filed Tune 6, Serial To all autom- ?t may concern Be itknown that l, HERBERT S. Serre- BURY, a citizen of the `United States,residing; at Waltham. in the county oi Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClotliespin Bags; endl do hereby declare the following to be a full,cleer, and exert description of the invention, such es will slilled inthe art to which it appertains to malte and use the saine.

The present invention relates to i1nprove-nient in clothes pin bags.

The object of the invention is to produce a construction oi? clothespinbag for household use which shall be convenient,y cheap and durable.

To these ends the invention consists in tlie bag hereinafter describedand particularly 0 defined in the claims.

rThe bag is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in a perspectiveview, snowing one side of the bag' turned down over the support, and theother turned up to shoT the arrangement of the fasteners.

The bag consists ot a sack of canvas or other suitable material having afront l and a. back 2. The top edges or both the back and the front areliennned to torni a finish and for purposes of strength and durability.The ends ot the hein of the front provide pockets for the .reception oitportions of a frame hereinafter referred to. The back is carried uphigher than the front, .not only to aliord material for securing` thebac-lr to the frame, but also to torni a surface against which clothespins may be thrown and troni which they will drop into the sack. Asupport or freine 3 for the l back is provided with two laterallyextended arms 4L. at tie ends or' which we two forwardly extended`portions 5 for distending and holding the back open. The support issecured to the sack by introducing the distenders 5 into the pockets orhem in the front of the sack, and by folding the corners G of the baclrover the arms et of the support, and securing them in place by means otthe snap fasteners 7. The support has a hoolr 8 by which it may be hungon a clothes line, or any other place when not in use.

llt Will be observed that the bag is convenient for manufacture., thesach consisting ot simple lla-t body having' straight top edges, andprovided with henis end smo' fasteners, that the support is easilyattached to the seek, but may be shipped separately there' in whichcondition the space required vtor shipping is reduced. lt will also beved that the is held open by the support and its distenders for easyaccess of the hand tor the taking out of clothes pins. and the higherbach ot the saelr, cornbined with the forwardly extended feature of thefront the sack, rnalres a construetion into which clothes pins may bethrown With grnit ease and with little danger ot spilling.

Having thus described the invention1 what is claimed is:

l. A. clothesioin bag consisting of a sack having a back and a front,the back being` higher than the front, and a support provided Withlaterally extended arms, the corners off the back of the sack beingfolded over the arins and secured to the body ot the back, said armsbeing provided ontheir ends with bag distenders acting to hold the sackopen. n

2. A clothespin bag consisting ot a sack having` a back and a front, theback being extended higher than the liront, and a bag support providedwith laterally extended arnis, the corners or the baclr beingw loldedover the arms and secured to the body ot the sack for the purpose ofattaching the ban` to the support` said arms having forwardly evtendingibag; distenders for engaging the beef trent and holding;` it open. u n

8. rl. clothespin bag` consisting or a sack having a baclr and a front,the back being higher than the ront,'said front being pro* vided withpockets at its edges, and support provided Wit-h a hook and laterallyeirtended arms, the corners or' the bac-lr or" the saclr being foldedover the arrns and detachsbly secured to the body ot the back, seidarnis being; provided Wit.1 forwardly extending` bag distenders extendedinto the pockets in the front for holding1 the front ont from the backso as thereby to hold the bag; in open position to receive clothespinsand to permit easy access thereto for the taking of pins out of the bag.

HERBERT S. SALISBURY.

